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MET Opera 2026-27 Season

Running until June 2027

MET Opera returns for the new 2026/27 season with an award-winning series of eight live high-definition broadcasts, including Verdi’s thrilling take on Macbeth, Puccini's La Fanciulla del West, and Mozart's comic classic Così fan Tutte.

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Alfred Hitchcock Season

Screenings through to 1 November

Our extended season of Alfred Hitchcock classics continues throughout the autumn, with 6 more titles including Vertigo, The Birds, and Psycho.

Interactive Art is the Best / Exhibition

Interactive Art is the Best

Until Thu 7 Jan | Café Bar, free

Interactive Art is the Best explores the work of Genetic Moo — artists Nicola Schauerman and Tim Pickup — whose collaborative practice has been at the forefront of interactive digital art in the UK for over two decades.

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QUEER! SCHLOCK! HORROR!

Screenings through to 31 October

We’ve joined with Screen Queens and Leicester Queer Film Club to present a season of camp, progressive, and subversive queer horror this October – from recent cult favourites to those long beloved for their LGBTQIA subtext.

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Two Queens Presents: I Push My Fingers into My Phone’s Eyes

Until Sun 1 Nov | Gallery, Free

Curated by Two Queens and Phoenix, this new gallery exhibition brings together work by artists responding to themes of technological trust and mistrust, comfort and discomfort, connection and dependency.

/ Journeys Into Film

James and the Giant Peach U

Sun 18 Oct, 11.30am

This magical stop-motion adaptation of Roald Dahl’s classic tale is a weird and wonderful delight for the whole family.

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Hadestown: The Musical 12A

Sun 18 Oct, 3pm

The award-winning and genre-defying musical blending modern American folk music with New Orleans-inspired jazz comes to the big screen!

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The Lair of The White Worm 18

Sun 18 Oct, 3.45pm

Ken Russell impishly deformed folk-horror into laugh-out-loud bizarro sexual absurdity in this outrageous cult-classic.

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The Old Oak 15

Mon 19 Oct, 6.15pm

Purported to be Ken Loach’s last film, The Old Oak is set in a former County Durham mining town, devastated by the loss of industry following the pit closure.

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The Art of Screenwriting 18+

Mondays, 19 Oct – 14 Dec, 7pm – 9pm

A practical, skills-based guide to screenwriting, taking you from your initial idea to a finished short film script over the course of nine weeks.

/ Green Screen

How Deep Is Your Love 12A

Thu 22 Oct, 3.45pm

Eleanor Mortimer’s deeply absorbing documentary follows a group of marine biologists trying to understand life in the deep-ocean Clarion-Clipperton Zone, while grappling with the question of whether their presence risks harming what they seek to protect.

/ Alfred Hitchcock Season

Psycho 15

Thu 22 Oct, 6.15pm

An absolute classic to end our three month season, Psycho is perhaps Hitchcock’s most famous and influential work.

Access Cinema

Regular screenings for people with differing access needs, to give all our customers the chance to enjoy a great cinema experience.

Audio described screenings

For our customers who are blind or have slight loss, many films come with audio description, where a recorded narrator describes the on-screen action during gaps in the dialogue. This is broadcast through wireless headsets so only the wearer can hear.

Relaxed environment screenings

Our relaxed environment screening have reduced sound levels, partially raised lighting, no trailers, and freedom to move around and use sensory aids. They are particularly suited to to people with neuro-diversities including autism, ADHD or other sensory processing disorders.

Descriptive Subtitled

For anyone who is deaf or has hearing loss, we show descriptive subtitled versions of the latest English language movies in our main cinema screens.

Phoenix Leicester

Phoenix is Leicester’s centre for independent cinema, art and digital culture. Films and art deserve to be experienced somewhere special – which is why the whole Phoenix team works hard to make Phoenix a place where everyone can feel welcome and inspired.

Following a multi-million pound expansion, Phoenix now boast four state-of-the-art cinema screens, and shows everything from micro-budget independent films to the latest Hollywood blockbusters, plus film festivals and special events. And as an independent venue, the team handpicks Phoenix’s cinema programme specifically for Leicester audiences, so you’ll see things at Phoenix that aren’t screening in any other local cinemas.

With two superb galleries, Phoenix’s digital art programme presents exciting and innovative work by local and international artists; and short courses, workshops and activities provide opportunities for people of all ages to learn about and create their own film and art.

Our newly opened Café Bar offers a stylish and comfortable place to see friends and relax over a meal and drinks, or meet with clients and catch up on some work.

Phoenix believes that film and art have the power to enhance lives, and for many customers Phoenix staff make the difference. With a clear passion for their work, you’ll find many are studying film or art locally, or are involved in the wider creative community Phoenix attracts.

And as a local charity, all earnings go back into developing Phoenix’s creative programmes, enabling them to reach out to more people.

We hope to see you soon.